money
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
money/ˈmʌni/
▶noun a medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes.
■ (moneys or monies) formal sums of money.
■ wealth or financial gain.
■ payment for work.
– phrases
be in the money informal have or win a lot of money.
for my money informal in my opinion.
money for old rope (or for jam) Brit. informal money or reward earned for little or no effort.
on the money N. Amer. informal accurate; correct.
put one's money where one's mouth is informal take action to support a statement.
be in the money informal have or win a lot of money.
for my money informal in my opinion.
money for old rope (or for jam) Brit. informal money or reward earned for little or no effort.
on the money N. Amer. informal accurate; correct.
put one's money where one's mouth is informal take action to support a statement.
– derivatives
moneyless adjective.
moneyless adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. moneie, from L. moneta ‘mint, money’, orig. a title of the goddess Juno, in whose temple in Rome money was minted.
'money' also found in these Oxford entries:
account
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- accrue
- ackers
- acquisitive
- advance
- affinity card
- afford
- against
- agio
- allowance
- alms
- annuity
- ante
- appropriate
- arrears
- arsey
- assist
- assistance
- awayday
- back
- bail
- baksheesh
- balance
- bang
- bank
- banknote
- bearer
- beer money
- beg
- beggar
- benefactor
- benefit
- bet
- big
- bilk
- bill
- billon
- bind
- bit
- bite
- black
- blackmail
- black money
- bleed
- blood money
- bogus
- bomb
- bond
